EditorialMichael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, May 18, 2023. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker hangs a sign bearing Kevin McCarthy's name after McCarthy was sworn in as Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 7, 2023. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
EditorialLobbyists keep tabs on sports betting legislation at the Kansas state Capitol in Topeka, Kan., on April 25, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialLobbyists keep tabs on sports betting legislation at the Kansas state Capitol in Topeka, Kan., on April 25, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialBlake Masters, the Republican nominee for Senate in Arizona, campaigns in Sun City West, Ariz.,on June 17, 2022. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
EditorialDemocrats, at right, give a standing ovation after President Bill Clinton stated his position on an assault weapons ban as Republicans stayed seated, during the State of the Union address on Jan. 23, 1996 (Paul Hosefros / The New York Times)
EditorialNew York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul during a swearing-in ceremony of the Lieutenant Governor, in Manhattan, May 25, 2022. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, where legislators approved a bill that makes it easier to buy and sell cryptocurrency, March 4, 2022. (Octavio Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialMayor-elect Eric Adams talks with reporters during Somos, an annual conference that draws New York State and city politicians and lobbyists, at the Royal Sonesta San Juan hotel in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Nov. 5, 2021. (Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)
EditorialAlbert Yuma Mulimbi, now banned from the United States, has hired lobbyists to make his case in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York City?s Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks while in the township of Lo?za, Puerto Rico, where he basked in his victory, Nov. 6, 2021. (Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)
EditorialThomas Barrack, center, who served as chair of former president Donald Trump's inaugural committee, arrives at Federal District Court in Brooklyn on Monday, July 26, 2021. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
EditorialThomas Barrack, center, who served as chair of former president Donald Trump's inaugural committee, arrives at Federal District Court in Brooklyn on Monday, July 26, 2021. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
EditorialThomas “Tom” Barrack, chairman of then-President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural committee, talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 10, 2017. (Sam Hodgson/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, with temporary security fencing surrounding the grounds. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialScott Pruitt, then administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2018. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EditorialLobbyists and other advisers who help clients navigate Washington are quietly highlighting ties to President-elect Joe Biden and his team in pitches to prospective clients. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Vice President Joe Biden the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, speaks in Darby, Pa., on June 17, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2020. (Samuel Corum /The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, at a signing ceremony after the House approved the coronavirus stimulus plan on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 27, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Ben Foster and Laura Prepon appear to be inching closer to husband and wife -- 'cause they hit up the one place in NYC they gotta go to make it happen.